Consistency Needed
Pro-lifers can be duplistic in their
thinking. On one hand we view the unborn child as fully human, and
others not.
There is one major argument pro-aborts
always win. How should we punish women who have abortions - if it
becomes illegal? It is at this point that we balk. They win every time.
I love Randall Terry and Joe Schiedler
dearly, and have the utmost respect for them, but they dropped the ball
on this question.
A number of years back, Ronald Reagan’s
son had a talk show on which the two appeared. It was your typical
liberal talk show with the audience gutted with pro-aborts. Randy and
Joe handled themselves marvelously until the question was raised, "How
should women who kill their unborn children be punished - if abortion
becomes illegal?" Randy and Joe fumbled this question badly. There was
some stuttering, and some rambling about letting state laws deal with
that question (it had something to do with manslaughter, and the woman
receiving 5 -10 years of prison).
With this answer, the moderator’s face
dropped, and a audible groan could be heard from the audience. You see,
Randy and Joe’s presentation previous to this was so compelling they had
begun to convert the audience. The truth often has that effect. They had
marvelously shown the humanity and worth of the unborn child. They were
even successful at getting graphic abortion pictures on the camera. The
proaborts were won over - until their answer to that one question.
It was as if all the air was let out
the room. Suddenly, all the great points that were made in favor of the
unborn child went out the window. It was as if a unison nod over swept
the room saying, "Uh-huh, I knew it couldn’t be that human."
Their weak answer concerning state laws
(giving 5-10 year sentences) showed hypocrisy to all who listened to
their speech about how human the unborn baby is. All gains made with the
audience were lost from that point on. Their credibility was lost.
Saints, we need to be bold and
consistent. If the unborn child really is a fully human baby - worthy of
all the human protections we enjoy - then the mother who murders her
unborn child should receive the death penalty. Plain and simple. To say
otherwise negates everything else we have said. We are in essence
saying, "The unborn child is fully human, but …."
Granted, the pro-aborts would give us
an extremely hard time, but so what? They do that anyway. They twist and
distort the truth, because there is no truth in them. We, ourselves,
have twisted the truth to try to appear more loving, caring and
understanding of the mother’s plight. The problem is, the only thing
that appears is our hypocrisy in dealing with the humanity of the unborn
child when their worthiness in a court of law, is somehow less than that
of the born.
Consider how we throw fits at murderers
who only get 5-10 years in prison for murdering a grandmother, a
grandfather - or anyone born! Yet our pro-life answer is not the same
for the unborn child. The child is not worthy of the same punishment a
"born" person would receive if murdered.
It's time for us to be consistent in
our thinking and answers.
If you’re in favor of capital
punishment - the death penalty. If against capital punishment - life in
prison.
The feminists may hate us for it, wag
the tongue and point the finger, but the worth of the unborn child has
not been diminished. The unborn child has the same worth as the born
child. We have been consistent.
Steve Wetzel
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